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House cleaning businesses in Albemarle County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for house cleaning businesses in Albemarle County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #135 of 847 scored counties
#7 of 33 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $81.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,770 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,356
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Albemarle County comes to about $81.3M a year: $1,770 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 house cleaning businesses, that is $7.4M per business, 15% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Albemarle County has 11 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 2.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Albemarle County classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,435 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $433K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Albemarle County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Albemarle County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Albemarle County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for house cleaning businesses, ranking #135 of 847 scored counties and #7 of 33 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Albemarle County compares
The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the house cleaning businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Albemarle County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $6.8M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,435 | 1,448 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | −4.4% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,770 | $1,683 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $104,392 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 32+3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 257
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $433K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Albemarle County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Albemarle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,356+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 45,912
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 721 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $104,392+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,846
- Median home value
- $495,400
- Jobs located here
- 57,660
- Daytime population
- 124,085Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk city, VA | 81 | 7 | 1.8 | $8.7M | +10.4% | #34 of 847 |
| 2Arlington County, VA | 81 | 28 | 2.5 | $8.2M | +2.1% | #35 of 847 |
| 3Richmond city, VA | 72 | 19 | 1.8 | $7.9M | +4.6% | #90 of 847 |
| 4Frederick County, VA | 70 | 9 | 2.5 | $6.6M | +8.8% | #104 of 847 |
| 5Roanoke County, VA | 68 | 6 | 1.5 | $10.3M | +0.2% | #119 of 847 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 68 | 5 | 1.5 | $9.9M | +6.6% | #120 of 847 |
| 7Albemarle County, VA | 67 | 11 | 2.4 | $7.4M | +5.1% | #135 of 847 |
| 8Loudoun County, VA | 59 | 53 | 3.7 | $6.2M | +6.4% | #253 of 847 |
| 9Stafford County, VA | 58 | 19 | 3.6 | $5.5M | +8.3% | #273 of 847 |
| 10Hanover County, VA | 57 | 17 | 4.0 | $4.5M | +5.6% | #286 of 847 |
Other business types in Albemarle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Albemarle County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 house cleaning businesses in Albemarle County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Albemarle County, VA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $81.3M a year, or $1,770 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $7.4M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,912 households in Albemarle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Albemarle County, VA compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Albemarle County has 2.4 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $7.4M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Albemarle County would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,435 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Albemarle County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Albemarle County at 118,356 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,912 households. The median household income in Albemarle County is $104,392 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Albemarle County scores 67 for house cleaning businesses (upper middle), #135 of 847 scored counties.
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